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354667 tn?1299137472

im concerned

i have giardia i think ive had it for over a year now and ive recently started treating it im whento my gastro like 3weeks ago and got the endoscopy done and he saw the giardia well i started taking flayl immeaditely but i couldnt take it it made me feel worse then i whent back to my gastro thinking he was going to chage meds but he didnt he just asked me if the diarrhea has stoped and i said no so then he assumed i have chrons so on the 21st im going to get the xrays done with the barium and all that i doubt i have chrons i 19 and i had never suffered from anything like this no ibs or nothing well i started doing a little research on my own and found a good med  called  mebendazole its just as effective as flagyl for parasites and has no side effects so i started taking it 2 tablets twice a day for 3 days and took natural product such as asphidulus bifidus and black walnuti combined all does after 6 days now ive been feeling better he parasite is not gone yet but ive been feeling much better im wondering how long it takes withmebendazole to get rid of giardia and are these natural products that im taking are really good i whant your opinion but my biggest question is that i started a colon cleanse yesterday is this ok even thoe i have giardia will it effect me in any way?????
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Few thoughts:

1. Ask a doctor, if Giardia was CONFIRMED (with biopsy you said they made, or with other test), or this was just his opinion. Also ask him what to do with antibiotic treatment. Antibiotics are only for infection, not just for any diarrhea.
2. For colonoscopy you'll need another cleansing, doctor will tell you how.
3. Colonoscopy will not necessary found Crohn's, even if it is there - because Crohn's disease is sometimes only in small intestine.
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354667 tn?1299137472
no the doc started me of with flagyl but i couldnt resist it...
and then he started saying that maybe i had chrons witch is what confuses me if he diagnosed me with giardia why he thinks now its chrons but on thursday im havin an upper gi so we will determine if its chrons or not ..


and i started the colon cleanse just to help my system out..
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Yes, I did.

I think, if your diagnosis of Giardia was confirmed, than also the healing of Giardia has to be confirmed with the stool test or maybe even with another endoscopy, the doctor should tell.

It was not clear for me, did you started with mebendazole by doctor's prescription or without him knowing it. It's only a doctor who can decide about the antibiotic dosage and time frame.

Why you've started with colon cleanse?





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354667 tn?1299137472
did u even read what i wrote??
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Can your doctor CONFIRM, that you have Giardia? There is a stool test for Giardia, did you have that test? I mean, you have to solve this, before thinking about other diagnoses.

I hope you have spoken with a doctor about mebendazole (?). Do not ever try to cure yourself with antibiotics by your own.
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